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Corn Huskirig R'dll'erl- No. 239,747. Patented April 5,1881.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE o. ELLIOTT, or EAS ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

CORN-HUSKING ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,747, dated April 5,1881.

Application filed July 2,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE O. ELLI- o'r'r, of East Orange, Essexcounty, New J ersey, have invented an Improt'ement in Corn- HuskingRollers, of which the following is a specification.

Oorn husking rollers have been made with longitudinal and with spiralribs, and knives have been inserted into the roller longitudinally, withthe edges projecting, and removable rubber plugs have also been used.

My present invention relates to the cornhusking rollershavinglongitudinal grooves containing strips of rubber, leather, orsimilar material, the edge of which projects beyond the surface of theroller, so as to catch and hold the husks and pull them off. Su'chstrips are removable, so that when worn out they maybe removed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section of acorn-basking roller.Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 represents partof one of the rubber strips, and Fig. 4 represents a metal strip withrubber blocks inserted.

The roller a is one of a pair ofrollers adapted to be used in corn-.husking machines of the general character shown in Letters Patent No.211,447, such rollers being at an inclination, and the corn to be huskedrunningdown upon such rollers. One or both rollers in each pair ofrollers is groot'ed longitudinally, the bottom or lower part of thegroove being wider than the groove is near the surface of the roller.This dovetailed groove receives the strip of india rubber, leather,rawhide, or similar material, as at c, the surface of such strip beingabove the surface of the roller, so as to act in grasping and drawingoff the husks from the ears.

It is generally preferable to'plane or'other- I wise form the grooves inthe husking-rollers widest in the lower portions of the grooves, then tolay into such grooves a folded strip of paper or sheet metal, andstretch the indiarubber so that it will be made smaller, and can bepassed endwise into the groove with the roller, and metal of greater orless thickness can be used. I have shown at c a bar that is thicker atthe bottom than at the sides, and to this the india-rubbe'r maybecemented, if desired, so as to be removable with the bar from the grooveof the roller.

In cases where the india-rubber or other elastic material is not to formacontinuous rib above the surface of the roller, the same may be shaped,as indicated in Fig. 4, with the portions 1' projecting above thesurface of the roller, and the portions of the longitudinal strips evenwith the surface of the roller. In that case the longitudinal strips maybe made of metal or other suitable material, and the blocks of rubberpass into notches in the strips.

I claim as my invention 1. The corn-husking rollers having longitudinalgrooves that are widest in the lower portions, and strips ofindia-rubber or similar material within such grooves, and sheetmetal orother material between the rubber and the metal of the roller,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the corn-husking rollers having dovetailedgrooves, of strips fitting such groovespemd indie-rubber or similarmaterial connected with such strips and projecting above the surface ofthe rollers, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 30th day of June, A. D.

THEODORE O. ELLIOTT, Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINGKNEY, WILLIAM G. Mom.

